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Men seek damages from NS, Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 29.) STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- Two men who suffered severe electrical burns when they climbed atop a train near Lancaster are seeking damages from Norfolk Southern and Amtrak. Jeffrey Klein of East Stroudsburg...
Judge rules train companies destroyed records
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 29.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A state judge has ruled that Amtrak and Conrail destroyed dispatcher's records from a 1991 train accident outside Syracuse that injured two boys, including one who suffered permanent...
Mineta pays visit to W.Va. locomotive shop
(The following story by Bob Withers appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on March 30.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- CSX Transportation rolled out the red carpet for Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta and Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., Monday afternoon, and they liked what...
Legislators, rail leaders to introduce Pa. rail security and RFAC expansion bill
(The BLET Pennsylvania State Legislative Board issued the following news release on March 26.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- As the focus of homeland security and defense against acts of terror shift to America's rail system, the State legislature, supported by rail industry...
Track problem cited in UP derailment
(The following report appeared on the Denver Post website on March 30.) GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. -- The derailment that spilled tons of coal along the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon last month was caused by tracks that somehow spread apart, rail officials say. "The...
Cleanup moving along
(The following article by Tim Richardson was posted on the Topeka Capital Journal website on March 30.) SILVER LAKE, Kan. -- Jeff Shenk didn't have to wait for the dust to settle. He gazed down a Union Pacific railroad track late Sunday near his northwest Shawnee...
An uneasy Europe acts to protect its railroads
(The following article by Mark Landler was posted on the New York Times website on March 29.) FRANKFURT -- Europeans continue to pile into subways, streetcars, buses and trains, nearly three weeks after terrorist bombs ripped apart four commuter trains in Madrid,...
A life shaped by fishing on the Rouge
(The following article by Catherine Dunphy appeared on the Toronto Star website on march 29.) TORONTO -- The day of Robert Sanford's funeral, all the trains between Oshawa and Montreal stopped. There were about 75 of them, en route or in the yards. For two minutes at...
Canadian Industrial Relations Board renders a decision in favor of TCRC
MONTREAL -- The Canadian Industrial Relations Board rendered a highly awaited decision yesterday, regarding the United Transportation Union's objections to the vote held with respect to the Canadian Council of Railway Operating Unions (CCROU). The UTU disagreed with...
When the railroad ruled
(The following story by Mike Archbold appeared on the King county Journal website on March 29.) BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Rodger Campbell worked at the Auburn Yard in the heyday of railroading in Auburn and when it finally closed in the early 1980s, he was the last man to...
